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Since Reddit went, I actually have returned to books for my reading material, which had been replaced basically by massive ask reddit threads. As a result I'm trying to read some things I shouldve a long time ago.
Just finished the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and I'm on to the second book in the series. It was as good as its legacy lead me to believe!
One more hoopy frood who knows where their towel is!
Its amazing how fast the five book trilogy goes by once you're in it. Its almost time for me to re-read the series again. Glad you're started on your strange, comedic journey through the galaxy!
The Three Body Problem saga, I just finished the first book. I'm enjoying this as much as I enjoyed DUNE
Good stuff! Im reading the third book now. The saga is outstanding sci-fi and I very much recommend it. It is close to being as good as Foundation - however it is still far from being as great as Dune imo.
I don’t consider myself a bookworm, but I recently read:
And now I’m reading The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin.
Yes, I like Science Fiction XDDD
Edit: realizing that I had nothing lined up to read after “The Three-Body…”, I just got:
I think I’m now covered for the rest of the summer, lol!
Wheel of time! Currently on book seven now
I loved Wheel of Time! Plus it introduced me to my now favorite author, Brandon Sanderson.
Same for me on this and the original comment!
Currently on chapter 85 of Pierce Brown's Light Bringer, the latest installment of the Red Rising series! Granted, I'm listening to the audiobook, but audiobooks are still books. And man, like the rest of the series, I can't put this shit down!
After this? Not sure yet. Still waiting on Sanderson's next book in his Stormlight Archive series. Maybe I'll re-listen to The Wheel of Time again while the final books of these two series wrap up.
Had to look this up because I thought the Lightbringer was Brent Weeks. Totally different series. I'll check it out.
I just finished a listen of The Wheel of Time myself. I listened to it while falling asleep. Took about 2 years to get through it that way. I already know the story, and parts of it were fairly easy to fall asleep to makes it a perfect way to deal with insomnia.
Also waiting for the next Sanderson book. Just finished The Lost Metal! So many cosmere tie-ins!
I'm listening to Fool's Errand by Robin Hobb to fall asleep to now as I've read the series before, and reading Ghost Brigade which is book 2 of Old Man's War.
I only do about one or two books a month, but right now I'm hooked on Seveneves by Neal Stephenson
Just finished a book from the 1930s by a Czech author Karel Čapek called War with the Newts.
It’s sci-fi based on earth in 1930s but what I found the most interesting is
seeing an author from 1930s write and think on paper (casual racism and sexism, for example),
the echoes of the looming WWII
the retro futurism - I love seeing what people from the past imagined would happen with technology. They are often right, often cutely wrong.
Oh! Never read anything from Čapek. Thanks for bringing him to my attention!
TIL: His brother invented the word “robot”, which Karel Čapek used in the book R.U.R.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karel_%C4%8Capek#Etymology_of_robot
John Brunner's 'Stand On Zanzibar' won the Hugo in 969 for its depiction of the early 21st Century. Amazing how much he got right.
Going through the Red Rising series, which some of my friends praise immensely. Lightbringer just came out, though I'm only just finished Morning Star, book 3/6 in the series. Going to be starting Iron Gold soon. But until them, I'm reading 1984, which I just acquired a nice hardcover copy of.
House of Leaves is a fuckin trip
I'm reading it right now and yeah, it does some shit with format I've never seen before.
Pretty basic but I just started reading Dune. It's been a daunting series for me with how long it is but better late than never.
Enjoy the ride! I still reread the first 5 every few years. They just get richer with time, especially the last couple. They seemed bizarre the first time I binged them but they make sooooo much more sense on rereads.
Currently reading Red Rising. Awesome book, when I start reading it's very hard to stop.
"Mythos - The Greek Myths Retold" by Stephen Fry (Penguin Books).
A funny and entertaining way to learn about Greek mythology through the wit of Stephen Fry.
I highly recommend it.
Neil Gaiman did Norse Mythology. Makes a nice follow up.
Also, have you noticed that ever since 'Circe,' it seems like there's been a spate of Greek myths reimagined?
Currently getting back into the Redwall series after enjoying them as a kid (British cottage-core fantasy with woodland critter characters). Currently reading the Rogue Crew, where the hares of the Long Patrol team up with the Sea Otters of the titular crew to fend off the forces of the pirate Razzid Wearat.
Currently reading "The Last Watch" because I wanted some fun sci-fi, but the liberties the author is taking on physics and the universe makes it very hard to suspend my disbelief.
Looking at starting a re-read of "All Systems Red" in anticipation of the new Murderbot book coming out. I can't recommend this series enough
I picked up American Prometheus after watching Oppenheimer. It's very interesting and gives a really good idea of who he was throughout his life, and how he changed over time. One of the things that isn't depicted much in the movie was how much of his political views changed over the years. While he never officially joined the communist party, he was certainly communist-adjacent before the war, but during the war and after, his priorities seemed to shift to being pro-American first and foremost, and often took the establishment position on things. Of course it's more complicated than that, but I've found it very interesting how someone's life experiences can change them.
On my to read are some historical accounts of WWII, i've suddenly become interested in learing everything I can about this period of history that I only know the basics of.
I have 5-20 minutes between calls at my work, so I've had plenty of time to sneak in some books on the clock.
I've been rereading through the Cosmere, so Mistborn eras 1+2, Warbreaker, and I'm currently reading Elantris.
To-read is Tress of the Emerald sea, then I probably should go for a non-fiction book to feel more enightened
Just finished the first three books of the Locked Tomb trilogy by Tamsin Muir (4th book out soon lol). Great storyline, interesting concept of Necromancers in space.
Also just finished Snow Crash by Neil Stephenson. Fun book kinda short.
Currently reading Altered Carbon by Richard K Morgan.
Just finished 'The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet' by Becky Chambers - quite fun space opera (if you like Firefly etc.), I'll definitely pick up the rest of the series at one point.
Started reading 'They Never Learn' by Layne Fargo - Starts interesting, I feel I'll finish this one.
After that I will definitely start reading 'All Systems Red' by Martha Wells - I've been hearing about 'Murderbot Diaries' and how good they are for years now...
I like reading scifi most, but always try to squeeze some other genre in between.
Currently Reading "The stormlight archive" series by Brandon Sanderson (still on the first book "the way of kings" though). I already read most other books of the cosmere (Sanderson's Universe where most of his books take place). Highly recommend it!
I started reading the Wool series after recently watching the Silo TV show. Pretty good so far, the world building is surprisingly fun.
I’ve recently stopped reading book three of the Malazan series and don’t actually know why tbh. Kinda bored me after binging the first two books.
I started the Way Of Kings just yesterday though. What a weird world Brandon Sanderson crafted there.
Infinite Jest.
Or rather, trying to read it. It's more like an eternal cycle of starting, stopping, and then restarting again.
DFW's writing is great though.
Currently reading Man in the High Castle, and also Scythe since I saw it on a friend's bookshelf and am always looking for something new to read while waiting for more malazan books (can't commit to another reread right now).
recently finished:
Currently reading the haunting of Hill house by Shirley Jackson
finished "do androids dream of electric sheep?", started "a scanner darkly"
The Last Ringbearer by Kirill Eskov
Yumi & The Nightmare Painter by Brandon Sanderson, and I'm also re-reading The Stand by Stephen King.
Do CompTIA study guides count too?
Jules Verne's "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea". After that, I plan to read "The Dark Edge of Night" by Mark Pryor, a mystery novel that follows a French detective's investigations in Nazi-occupied Paris during the Second World War.
"Echoes of the Great Song" - David Gemmell. A rare standalone scifi/fantasy novel. I read Legend a few years ago and enjoyed it so much that I'm now reading every book Gemmell ever wrote. Saving the Troy books for last (appropriately). Though some are better than others there's not a single bad book in his entire oeuvre.
